Of Moab. The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Sorrow on Nebo, for it has been made waste Kiriathaim has been put to shame and is taken: the strong place is put to shame and broken down.

There is the sound of crying from Horonaim, wasting and great destruction

For by the slope of Luhith they will go up, weeping all the way for on the way down to Horonaim the cry of destruction has come to their ears.

For because you have put your faith in your strong places, you, even you, will be taken: and Chemosh will go out as a prisoner, his priests and his rulers together.

Put up a pillar for Moab, for she will come to a complete end: and her towns will become a waste, without anyone living in them.

From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort like wine long stored he has not been drained from vessel to vessel, he has never gone away as a prisoner: so his taste is still in him, his smell is unchanged.

And Moab will be shamed on account of Chemosh, as the children of Israel were shamed on account of Beth-el their hope.

He who makes Moab waste has gone up against her and the best of her young men have gone down to their death, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies.

All you who are round about him, give signs of grief for him, and all you who have knowledge of his name, say, How is the strong rod broken, even the beautiful branch!

O daughter of Aroer, take your station by the way, on the watch: questioning him who is in flight, and her who has got away safe, say, What has been done?

And punishment has come on the lowlands on Holon and Jahzah, and on Mephaath,

And on Kiriathaim, and on Beth-gamul, and on Beth-meon,

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.

For did you not make sport of Israel? was he taken among thieves? for whenever you were talking about him, you were shaking your head over him.

We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is how he is lifted up in pride and his great opinion of himself, and that his heart is lifted up.

For this cause I will give cries of grief for Moab, crying out for Moab, even for all of it I will be sorrowing for the men of Kir-heres.

All joy is gone no longer are they glad for the fertile field and for the land of Moab I have made the wine come to an end from the crushing vessels: no longer will the grapes be crushed with the sound of glad voices.

And I will put an end in Moab, says the Lord, to him who is making offerings in the high place and burning perfumes to his gods.

For everywhere the hair of the head and the hair of the face is cut off: on every hand there are wounds, and haircloth on every body.

How is it broken down! how is Moab's back turned in shame! so Moab will be a cause of sport and of fear to everyone round about him.

Kerioth is taken, and the strong places have been forced, and the hearts of Moab's men of war in that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.

Fear and death and the net have come on you, O people of Moab, says the Lord.

Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.

But still, I will let the fate of Moab be changed in the last days, says the Lord.

About the children of Ammon. These are the words of the Lord: Has Israel no sons? has he no one to take the heritage? why then has Milcom taken Gad for himself, putting his people in its towns?

Make sounds of grief, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted give loud cries, O daughters of Rabbah, and put haircloth round you: give yourselves to weeping, running here and there and wounding yourselves for Milcom will be taken prisoner together with his rulers and his priests.

See, I will send fear on you, says the Lord, the Lord of armies, from those who are round you on every side you will be forced out, every man straight before him, and there will be no one to get together the wanderers.

About Edom. This is what the Lord of armies has said. Is there no more wisdom in Teman? have wise suggestions come to an end among men of good sense? has their wisdom completely gone?

If men came to get your grapes, would they not let some be uncut on the vines? if thieves came by night, would they not make waste till they had enough?

Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe and let your widows put their faith in me.

For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse and all its towns will be waste places for ever.

For see, I have made you small among the nations, looked down on by men.

And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.

See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?

The earth is shaking with the noise of their fall their cry is sounding in the Red Sea.

About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad for the word of evil has come to their ears, their heart in its fear is turned to water, it will not be quiet.

How has the town of praise been wasted, the place of joy!

And I will have a fire lighted on the wall of Damascus, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad.

Their tents and their flocks they will take they will take away for themselves their curtains and all their vessels and their camels: they will give a cry to them, Fear on every side.

Up! go against a nation which is living in comfort and without fear of danger, says the Lord, without doors or locks, living by themselves.

And Hazor will be a hole for jackals, a waste for ever: no one will be living in it, and no son of man will have a resting-place there.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will have the bow of Elam, their chief strength, broken.

And I will let Elam be broken before their haters, and before those who are making designs against their lives: I will send evil on them, even my burning wrath, says the Lord and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them:

But it will come about that, in the last days, I will let the fate of Elam be changed, says the Lord.

I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

You are clean, even now, through the teaching which I have given you.

I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you.

Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.

I have said these things to you so that I may have joy in you and so that your joy may be complete.

Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

No longer do I give you the name of servants because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.